Tag Archive for the term: diy

Last week I got together at Atelier Wooden Apples with Geeta Nadkarni from the CBC. We shot 2 segments for her feature Be Green, which airs twice a week on the six o’clock news. Geeta also has a blog for Be Green on the CBC website, with additional information and access to archived video segments. […]

I just got back from a great interview with Patti Schmidt, who is intense and awesome, for a piece that will air on CBC on Saturday April 12, sometime between 5 and 6. She asked me about the name Indyish and I got all wordy rambly as I do, and brought up Jim Munroe’s question: […]

We’re busy making CDs and tapes in preparation for our label showcase on Thursday (in two days). Here are some photos of us putting together the cases. We’re waiting for a shipment of 200 blank printable CDs (from a company that, turns out, has bad customer reviews and may have taken our money and run. […]

Well, since No Media Kings, seemed to dig my last Indie Intern posts on how to get and keep ‘em, I felt inspired to hammer our another set of How To thoughts that occurred to me yesterday - this time it’s about time, and how to get more of it.
I started to jot down […]

Mmm New York, if you live within, I dunno, 300 miles of the town you feel it’s pull; it’s probably the magnetic energy of all those living thinking things and their massive moving systems. New York at Christmas is spectacular, but if the Macy’s glow has worn off for you a bit this year, if […]

A few days back my good friend Risa and I were having a conversation about receiving assistance from the business community for our projects. Yep, we were talking about “corporate sponsorship” - something usually frowned upon in the DIY and indie communities (Or is it? - I’m not sure… maybe I frowned upon it at […]

You can’t literally do everything yourself. Many recognized achievers attribute their success to the strength of their team. Balance and the concept of enough for everyone rules nature, yet in the concrete jungle it is every man for himself. ‘They’ say that if you want something done right, you need to do it yourself. ‘They’ […]

Indyish is tangled up in a whole slew of events for the Montreal Fringe Festival 2007. We’re proud and pleased as punch to pitch in.

Multiple Day / Multiple Venue Events:
The Pre-Fringe Radio Play Series - Podcast Shows
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The Assembly 2.0 The international collaborative art relay touches ground with optional meets during Fringe at […]

The Dana Centre in London UK is hosting the Take Away Festival - DIY Media this week - May 9-11, 2007…. sigh. It sounds like an awesome series of deep geek panels and exhibits with groups who are applying the DIY ethic to technology in all kinds of logical and cool directions… can I coin […]

Hello artisans,
We have some excellent news to inform you of and some very cool performances to invite y’all to participate in.
Indyish is going to be hosting a monthly performance extravaganza at a new venue called Katacombes (1222 St. Laurent). It’ll take place the last Wednesday of every month starting Wednesday, March 28th.
The Katacombes’ proprietress […]